Open AccessHearing assessment of dental personnel: A cross-sectional exploratory study
Author(s) -
S Rajesh,
Shifa Shoukath,
Sanath Kumar Shetty,
Savita Dandekeri,
Naresh Shetty,
Mallikarjuna Ragher
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of pharmacy and bioallied sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.268
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 0976-4879
pISSN - 0975-7406
DOI - 10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_145_20
Subject(s) - audiology , medicine , hearing loss , audiometry , pure tone audiometry , cross sectional study , noise exposure , analysis of variance , dentistry , significant difference , sensorineural hearing loss , noise induced hearing loss , absolute threshold of hearing , pathology
Dental professionals are prone to have hearing impairment due to prolonged exposure of noise in dental college. The aim of the study was to assess the hearing ability of dental personnel working in Yenepoya Deemed to be University, Mangaluru, Karnataka, India.